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Canóvanas County, PR

30 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 36.7% rated Good, 46.7% Fair, 16.7% Poor.

30
Public bridges
36.7%
Good condition
16.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Canóvanas County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

44th
of 74 on Poor share
16.7%
Poor-condition share
30
public highway bridges
1979
avg year built

Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.

Canóvanas County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Canóvanas County ranks #44 of 74 Puerto Rico counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 16.7%). Canóvanas County, Puerto Rico contains 30 public highway bridges. Roughly 36.7% are rated “Good,” 46.7% “Fair,” and 16.7% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.

Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

Total bridges

30

Public highway bridges in Canóvanas County

Good condition

36.7%

11 of 30 rated 7-9

Fair condition

46.7%

14 of 30 rated 5-6

Poor condition

16.7%

5 of 30 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#44 of 74

Among Puerto Rico counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 30 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
36.7% (11)
Fair
46.7% (14)
Poor
16.7% (5)

Canóvanas County's Poor-condition bridges carry 8,725 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 16.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,745 crossings a day against 15,816 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.

Computed over the 30 of 30 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

40% of Canóvanas County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

12 of the 30 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 36.7% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.

Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

One structure carries 50.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

PR 962 over CANOVANAS RIVER, built 1947, carries 4,400 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 8,725 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Canóvanas County's bridges were built

30 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 6 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1979, 5 years newer than the Puerto Rico average of 1974.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Canóvanas County compares with Puerto Rico's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Puerto Rico counties nearest Canóvanas County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 16.7% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is 8 years newer.

Showing the 5 closest of 73 Puerto Rico counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Canóvanas County and the 5 Puerto Rico counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Patillas County 32 18.8%
San Sebastián County 31 9.7%
Coamo County 30 16.7%
Canóvanas County (this page) 30 16.7%
Ceiba County 29 13.8%
Guayama County 29 13.8%

Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Canóvanas County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Two NBI-derived peer sets for Canóvanas County, both outside Puerto Rico so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside PR (30 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside PR (1979 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 30 Good 11 Fair 14 Poor 5

All bridges (30)

PR 185

Fair

Over: PR 3

0.5 KM SOUTH OF CAROLINA, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1956 Load: 9.7 t ADT: 19,300

PR 186

Fair

Over: CUBUY RIVER

15 KM SOUTH OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1957 Load: 12.8 t ADT: 1,600

PR 951

Fair

Over: CARRASCO CHANNEL

5 KM SOUTH OF LOIZA, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1924 Load: 13.9 t ADT: 4,100

PR 3

Fair

Over: CANOVANILLAS RIVER

3 KM WEST OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1955 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 43,400

PR 3

Fair

Over: CANOVANAS RIVER

AT SOUTH SIDE CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 45,200

OFF PR 185

Fair

Over: CUBUY RIVER

7.5 KM SOUTH OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1975 Load: 27.1 t ADT: 10,700

PR 951

Fair

Over: CHIQUITO RIVER

2 KM NORTH OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1994 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 4,100

PR 9959

Fair

Over: CANOVANAS RIVER

0.1 KM INT PR 3 & PR, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1989 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 14,400

PR 9959

Fair

Over: BOCA FORMA CREEK

1 KM WEST OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1889 Load: 35.5 t ADT: 14,400

PR 907

Fair

Over: CANOVANAS RIVER

10.5 KM S E OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1976 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 1,000

PR 954

Fair

Over: CANOVANILLAS RIVER

5 KM S W OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1974 Load: 37.7 t ADT: 700

PR 66

Fair

Over: PR 962 & CANOVANAS RIVER

1.35 KMS SE OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 2006 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 27,000

PR 8874

Fair

Over: GRANDE DE LOIZA RV PR951

3 KMS. NORTH OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1997 Load: 51.2 t ADT: 8,100

PR 186 KM 3.0

Fair

Over: GARCIA CREEK

10 KM SOUTH OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1941 Load: 53.8 t ADT: 3,500

PR 953

Good

Over: CANOVANILLAS RIVER

6 KM NORTH OF JUNCOS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1963 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 800

OFF PR 185 AT 4.5

Good

Over: WATERWAY

4 KMS STH OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 2009 Load: 23.7 t ADT: 100

OFF PR957 KM. 0.15

Good

Over: UNKNOWN CREEK

4.54 KM. SE. OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 2011 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100

PR-66 EASTBOUND

Good

Over: Cambalache River

PR-66 AT KM. 14.30, Canóvanas, PR

Built 2012 Load: 43.8 t ADT: 22,863

PR-66 WESTBOUND

Good

Over: CAMBALACHE RIVER

PR-66 KM. 14.30, Canóvanas, PR

Built 2013 Load: 43.8 t ADT: 22,863

PR 188

Good

Over: PR 66

2.11 KM. SE. OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 2012 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 16,700

PR-66

Good

Over: Turpial Street

2.4 Kms. SW Canovanas, Canóvanas, PR

Built 2006 Load: 53.9 t ADT: 34,100

PR-66

Good

Over: PR-185

2.2 KMS. S. OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 2007 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 34,100

PR-66

Good

Over: URBAN LOCAL ROAD

2.25 KM S.E. OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 2006 Load: 59.6 t ADT: 28,100

PR 9957

Good

Over: CANOVANAS RIVER

0.1 KM INT PR 907, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1988 Load: 66.6 t ADT: 400

PR-66 (WEST BOUND)

Good

Over: DIRT RD & CALDERON C

1.17 K. S.E. PR-3 &, Canóvanas, PR

Built 2013 Load: 66.6 t ADT: 13,850

PR 962

Poor

Over: CANOVANAS RIVER

2.6 KM SOUTH OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1947 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 4,400

PR 957

Poor

Over: CANOVANAS RIVER

5 KM SOUTH OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1953 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 3,000

RURAL LOCAL ROAD

Poor

Over: CUBUY RIVER

6 KM SOUTH OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1970 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 225

LOCAL ROAD

Poor

Over: CUBUY RIVER

6 KM SOUTH OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 1975 Load: 35.2 t ADT: 100

PR 907

Poor

Over: Cubuy River

10.20 kms SE OF CANOVANAS, Canóvanas, PR

Built 2009 Load: 47.7 t ADT: 1,000

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